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 Topic: Chinese launch assault on H7N9Posted: January 25 2014 at 6:14am |
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Interesting info. Chinese finally launch a sizable an assault to stop the spread of bird flu. Note: comprehensive measures, especially number eleven. EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS!! This needs translation http://news.qq.com/a/20140125/007233.htm
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 3:13pm |
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First paragraph of the article, thanks to Google's "pigeon English" Translator:
Since the People, Beijing, January 25 electricity into the winter, to prevent the occurrence of major animal epidemic, Beijing's major animal and plant epidemic Headquarters Office issued the "Circular on Further Strengthening the city's H7N9 bird flu emergency precautions," which developed eleven deployment comprehensive measures items: First, strengthen farm households routine inspections; Second is to further increase the disinfection and source intensity; Third, strengthen the immune system to work effectively; fourth is to strengthen surveillance and reporting; five is strictly Beijing mark; six is completely banned live poultry market transactions; seven strengthen poultry slaughter and quarantine supervision; eight strengthen Report investigated; nine strengthen the information submitted; ten is implementing emergency duty; eleven to make emergency preparations. ==== Translation: The PRC is finally getting serious about H7N9! However, we've seen all of this before....when they regulate the live bird market (wet market) system, they just tend to drive it underground, which will make the situation worse. You really can't mix 12th Century agriculture and animal husbandry practices in the 21st Century! They need to disrupt their system wherein many people come into intimate contact with the secretions and droppings of their livestock and flocks.
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 5:12pm |
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Part of the problem is the proliferation of the so called "chicken economy" in that part of the world. Raising poultry in back yards, and using them to generate much needed income or providing protein for the family is widespread across southeast Asia. As you mentioned, that usually involves one or more family members living in close proximity to the birds, and ultimately slaughtering them either for personal consumption or at market.
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 5:54pm |
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jacksdad,it is even more of a problem than that. For most of the worlds population,the only high quality protien that is cheap enough for them to get is some kind of fowl. If the fowl can not be raised and availabile to them,it will cause untold hardships and decrease in the quality of life for billions.Johnray1
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 8:47pm |
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Exactly right, John. I mentioned southeast Asia because of it's relevance to the thread, but you're 100% correct. The chicken economy dominates in many places including Africa, Central and South America, and if poultry are indeed the vector, H7N9 could potentially spread unnoticed around the world in asymptomatic birds.
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 10:28pm |
Heh! There's a burgeoning market in many suburban US neighborhoods to grow & keep fowl, primarily for organic egg production but also for meat. We also have "live bird markets" in many neighborhoods in Chicago, mostly for immigrants.
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